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Nematalosa nasus (Bloch, 1795)

Bloch's gizzard shad
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Hong Kong country information

Common names: Bloch's gizzard shad, Gizzard shad, 圓吻海鰶
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Herklots, G.A.C. and S.Y. Lin, 1940
Importance: commercial | Ref: Lai, N.-W., 2023
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai (Ref. 125515). Also reported from artificial reefs in Hoi Ha Wan (Ref. 119713). In good supply during the summer months (Ref. 12075). Common size 15 cm in 1940 (Ref. 27773). Sold in wet markets (Ref. 129440). Also Ref. 188, 3259.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/hk.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ni, I.-H. and K.-Y. Kwok, 1999
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Chardin gros nez, Machuelo narigón, صابوغة كبيرة الأنف, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Clupeiformes (Herrings) > Dorosomatidae (Gizzard shads and sardinellas)
Etymology: Nematalosa: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Latin, alausa = a fish cited by Ausonius and Latin, halec = pickle, dealing with the Greek word hals = salt; it is also the old Saxon name for shad = "alli" ; 1591 (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά); Γλυκού νερού; Υφάλμυρο; ανάδρομο (Ref. 51243); εύρος βάθους 0 - 30 m (Ref. 6898).   Tropical; 38°N - 1°N, 47°E - 136°E (Ref. 188)

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